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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam make for a present for Bando for Christmas?

2. How many lost deer was Sam able to retrieve during the hunting season?

3. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what scared the loneliness out of Sam?

4. Where does Sam have to hole up once when he gets lost in a blizzard?

5. In "I PIle Up Wood and Go on with Winter," what did Sam hear that made him feel he had time to chop wood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is winter as exciting as summer - or maybe even more so - for Sam?

2. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what did Sam gather as he pushed his raft down the stream?

3. What does Bando say shows that Sam has been busy since Bando left?

4. How does Sam describe his day in "I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

5. How are the chickadees like people that Sam knew on Third Avenue in New York?

6. How did Sam invite his neighbor animals to come to a party for Halloween?

7. How did Sam make a deer hide jacket?

8. What does Sam say is the nicest part of his day in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?

9. What issues did Sam face when hunting season arrived?

10. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam trusted Matt to not write about him. Was Sam wise to trust Matt?

Essay Topic 2

From September on, everything in the forest seemed to be preparing for winter. How did the forest creatures prepare for winter?

Essay Topic 3

Sam had a lot of difficulties when he first came to the mountain. How did Sam's limited knowledge of the wilderness and living in the wilderness cause him difficulties when he first came to the mountain?

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